Birth to 3
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Hi everyone does anyone know where I can buy pampers nappies in bulk? At the moment I get them from Asda who seem to be the cheapest retailer but now they have put a limit of two boxes on, which only last a very short time when you have 30 + babies in nappies. I have searched the net to no avail but think there must be somewhere I can get them.
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Food Refusal
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I'm caring for a 22mth old who's diet is extremely limited and would like to hear if anyone has any strategies - either to change this or help me (and Mum!!) cope with it. He will eat fishfingers, sausages, vegetarian sausages, fruit puree (smooth, shop bought) and yoghurt. at snack he'll nibble on rice cake or oat cake. No fresh fruit, (although mum makes him smoothies to drink with a straw) no veg, nothing spoon fed like shepherds pie etc, no pasta, no rice. I'm a childminder and have never really had to deal with this before and am finding it's affecting the quality of food i feed the other children ( I have another child who grows very little and needs high calorie…
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Record Keeping
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In my setting we are using the sounds learning packs which enable us to put observations into a certain area of learning under the age of the child, but i feel that it would be better to do things like scrap books and put pictures of children's work in there any photos we have of the child and any observations that we do on the child. And then link it to the EYFS where we could does anyone have any suggestions on how they record keep within their seting?
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Can anyone share any planning formats, advice or suggestions for planning for under twos, something I havent had to do before and now I have been asked to implement planning for this age group, argh where do I start All staff are new in the unders twos unit and have come from other nurseries, great I thought I would have a starting point- WRONG- cant beleive it they never did planning just the odd craft activities, another one said she d never done an observation!!! Oh well suppose everyone has to start somewhere,Ive looked at the EYFS disc with them and staff are very negative lots of blank faces! Hands up its all new to me so ANYTHING you guys can heklp with w…
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How Often Do You Observe?
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Hi guys Trying to get my head around observing the children (long story as to why we havent started!) Ok with doing post it note type spontanous obs but not sure with how often you should do proper 10 min obs on each child. Also how often to observe each learning area? Help needed please! Thanks.
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Changing Area
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Hi all Does anybody display continuous provision sheets in changing areas? I have been asked by nursery manager to do this for our areas and have come to a stop, looking for inspiration. Cheers
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Hi there, Does anybody have sheets for continuous provision for under threes using EYFS rather than BTTM? I'm spending the next couple of weeks doing these for our nursery but not sure where to start. Have done them already for over three's. Thanks
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can anyone tell me if it is necessary to keep nappy lists for more than the current week. Some of my staff say we should and some say not.
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Hi I have just started a new role in a day nursery working with 2-3's we have a daily routine in place but would like to see how others in a similar setting plan out their day..being new to the role and also the birth - 3 (altho this will change to the new EYFS quite soon) i wanted to see how much time is set aside for play, key group activities, free play, meals etc...we are open from 7-6 and the nursery cares for children aged 6mths-5 yrs thanks so much for any help am slightly struggling to get my head round everything x
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Hi, I was just wondering whether anyone has a successful rolling snack bar with their toddlers, I have seen it work really well for preschool and would like to try something similar for the younger children.
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